BUSINESS LIVE: Markets brace for Budget; Next earnings to high £1bn; GSK vaccine gross sales fall

On Oct 30, 2024

Updated: 08:03, 30 October 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will later today announce what is expected to mark the biggest round of tax hikes in 30 years, as well as billions of pound of extra borrowing.

Labour’s bid to fix public services and revitalise the British economy has driven a degree of market anxiety, with borrowing costs gradually rising to their highest level since before the general election.

Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Next, GSK, Aston Martin Lagonda and CAB Payments. Read the 30 October Business Live blog below.

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